Dr. Timothy Cyders
Science Café presents Dr. Timothy Cyders, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, on “Rage Against the von Neumann Machine: 3D Printing, the Future and You” on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 5 p.m., in the Baker Center Front Room.
3D printing and other additive manufacturing techniques are being used to improve traditional forms of manufacturing by making it easier and more affordable to create various types of parts. For example, 3D printing allows the easy creation of parts with complex internal structures, like bone with a spongy internal framework surrounded by a stiff outer core. There are even 3D machines that copy themselves–self-replicating machines, also known as von Neumann machines.
“3D printing does represent a really important and significant advancement in manufacturing, but at the same time, there are limitations to it,” Cyders explaines. There are still going to be many things made with traditional manufacturing, like Dixie cups, for example, because it isn’t cost effective or necessary to print those easy-to-manufacture items.
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